The Fae Golden Kass Lectureship was created by gifts of the family and friends of Fae Golden Kass to support an annual lecture by a woman in the medical sciences.
Background
The Fae Golden Kass lecture was created in the mid-1970's by Dr. Edward H. Kass, the William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine, Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, to honor his first wife, Fae, who died in 1973. With the support of friends and family, the lectureship was conceived as a way to honor an outstanding woman in the medical sciences. It is now sponsored jointly by Harvard Medical School and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Fae Golden Kass, born in Cleveland in 1923, graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received a master’s degree in social work from Simmons College. After her children entered school, Mrs. Kass resumed her education at Boston University and obtained a master’s degree in education. She worked as a career counselor at Northeastern University until her death. Fae Kass’s mother was an attorney and, later, a businesswoman in Cleveland, and likely influenced her daughter’s belief in the potential and abilities of women. Although Fae Kass herself was clear on her choice to first be a mother and homemaker, she had no doubt that women could also pursue other endeavors, and her own political philosophies and values reflected this belief. Fae Golden Kass was an individual who possessed a wide-angle view of the world, someone who was deeply interested in the education and promotion of women. She believed strongly in social justice and in greater opportunities for women. We also honor the vision of her husband, Dr. Edward H. Kass, a pioneer in infectious diseases, who sought to honor his wife’s memory through these lectures.
1977 |
Dr. Dorothy M. Horstmann |
1979 |
Dr. Helen M. Ranney |
1980 |
Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin |
1981 |
Dr. Dorothy Rice |
1983 |
Dr. Renee C. Fox |
1984 |
Dr. Harriet Zuckerman |
1985 |
Dr. Janet D. Rowley |
1986 |
Dr. Maxine Singer |
1987 |
Dr. Margaret Warner |
1988 |
Dr. Barbara Starfield |
1989 |
Dr. Maxine Hayes |
1990 |
Dr. Wendy Savage |
1992 |
Dr. Vivian Pinn |
1993 |
Dr. June Osborn |
1994 |
Dr. Diana Chapman Walsh |
1995 |
Dr. Mary Ellen Avery |
1996 |
Dr. Enriqueta Bond |
1997 |
Dr. Florence Haseltine |
1998 |
Dr. Tara O’Toole |
1999 |
Elizabeth Marincola, M.B.A. |
2000 |
Dr. Mary Claire King |
2001 |
Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith |
2003 |
Dr. Susan Lindquist |
2004 |
Dr. Gro Brundtland |
2006 |
Dr. Julie Freischlag |
2008 |
Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis |
2013 |
Dr. Marion Nestle |
2020 |
Dr. Linda P. Fried |